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Re: The Goddess of Pop: The Official Kylie Minogue Thread

"Kylie Minogue states her first album with Jay-Z Rocnation as management team is almost finsihed"

Jason I'm sure you've heard about this...Can you believe Kylie is doing an Album AND management deal with Jigga? I think it's a SMART move on her part...He did WONDERS for Rhianna..

Kylie is a Dance Diva but I can't wait to see what Jay-Z's label has planned for her...Will she fuse R&B with her music? Will she have 1 or 2 rap-duets? Maybe samplings will be a part of the packing...

"Soon after she arrived at LogoTV’s NewNowNext Awards, Kylie Minogue revealed that she’s “almost finished” with her 12th studio album. She said this in response to rumors that she was taking a hiatus, despite her recent signing to RocNation. “I didn’t ever really consider giving up completely, but I was kind of seduced into going back to the acting world,” she said to LogoTV. “Music pulled me back in.” Watch her interview after the jump."

Re: The Goddess of Pop: The Official Kylie Minogue Thread

I said this before I think, but I'm never impressed by the actual lyrics in her songs (they're never too complex or anything), but the way she sings them is so different I get so fixated it makes no sense

Re: The Goddess of Pop: The Official Kylie Minogue Thread

^I love Your Love & Fragile off Fever. And Everything is Beautiful off Aphrodite (it's probably my favorite off that entire CD). Only song I really loved from X was Speakerphone. Wasn't so into Light Years and her work before that, but On a Night Like This is amazing. Loved I Should Be So Lucky as well

I did love her Abbey Road Sessions disc last year. It put a lot of her songs in a different perspective.

Re: The Goddess of Pop: The Official Kylie Minogue Thread

Originally Posted by EvilTwinTwo

This girl is innocuous. Sure, she's had a couple of catchy tunes but she's nothing more than a third-rate Madonna.

Oh wow.

There have been, many third-rate Madonnas - especially in the 80s who flooded the charts in wake of Madonna's success. But none of them lasted. While Kylie and Madonna share a fan base because of similar styles in music and sometimes fashion, they differ on the most important thing: their music. Madonna is probably one of the most controversial artists ever and a lot of her music has involved religion and/or politics. Kylie's music never did that and still doesn't.

If Kylie was just another third-rate Madonna who popped up in the 80s, she would not have lasted in the industry for 25 years+ and she would not have scored #1 albums around the world in four consecutive decades. At some point, Kylie clearly did some things right in order to establish her own identity as an artist. Plus, like Madonna, she immortalized herself in the music world by constantly being inventive, changing her image, and keeping her fans guessing.

A "third-rate Madonna" would have never been able to get inducted in the ARIA hall of fame or get honored and recognized by the Queen of England for their contributions to the music world. Kylie has sold over 68 mil+ records worldwide and has embarked on many successful tours. She is both the UK and Australia's most successful female charting artist in both the 80's and 90's.

If anything, it's remarkably amazing how she's held on to the same audience Madonna has, has become just as big a gay icon (some polls & articles place her ahead), and yet has kept her musical identity different than Madonna's.

Just because you don't like her music doesn't mean you can put a label on her and think it's right. If you'd go through her discography and compare it to Madonna, you'd see why and how Kylie's distinguished herself from Madonna and come this far. At the end of the day, all the female artists out there inspire to be as big an icon and as immortal as Madonna. But few have done it. And Kylie is one of those few.

Re: The Goddess of Pop: The Official Kylie Minogue Thread

3/10
Kylie. One of pop’s great shapeshifters. An artist who morphed from pop princess to ‘Suicide Blonde’; who crossed the channel of ’90s indie reinvention and popped out the other side as dancefloor diva extraordinaire. Which is why this orchestral “reworking” of her career is so baffling. The warped electro-pop of ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ shrivels to a paltry string number, while the sodden piano of ‘Better The Devil You Know’ is more excruciating than a Gary Barlow B-side. Only the Bond-esque ‘Confide In Me’ is worthwhile in an otherwise sorry array of pop bangers left soggy on the barbecue.

Re: The Goddess of Pop: The Official Kylie Minogue Thread

Before Lady Gaga, Rihanna or Katy Perry married music with fashion, there was Kylie Minogue.
The singer compiled a look at her fashion choices, particularly her stage costumes, in a new book called "Kylie Fashion" (Running Press).
"It was lots of fun to look at my life in fashion through the years," said Minogue in a recent interview. "There've been ups and downs and fabulous moments and not so fabulous moments, but basically the book was a celebration of 25 years."

Re: The Goddess of Pop: The Official Kylie Minogue Thread

I lived in an area of London called Shoreditch near Hoxton Square where Kylie had a flat. On three occasion's over a period of a year I met here going to or coming out of a local store. This was before she had the problem with Brest Cancer. The first time I said hello. The next time she said Hi do not remember your name. The third time she was walking on the other side of the street waved and said hello yelling out my name. She was one of the nicest people I ever met very down to Earth. I had watched her perform twice at a London Club called GAY. She was not even on the bill either time just came in and did it. Love her

Re: The Goddess of Pop: The Official Kylie Minogue Thread

I was at the first Homecoming show in Sydney or maybe the second. It was a really emotional show. The minute she walked on stage the Entertainment Centre went absolutely berserk and she cried for a good couple of minutes.

That was the night she sang Kids with Bono from U2. That was a moment I'll never forget.

Re: The Goddess of Pop: The Official Kylie Minogue Thread

Verse 1:
I drew the smile upon my face
I paved the road that would one day leave me lonely
No angels too good to fall from grace
If she lets go of whatever keeps her holy

Pre-Chorus:
But I’m still here holding on so tight
To everything I left behind
I don’t care if the world is mine
Cause this is all I know

Chorus:
When I got my back up against the wall
Don’t need no one to rescue me
Cause I ain’t waiting up for no miracle
Yeah, tonight I’m running free
Into the blue, into the blue
With nothing to lose, into the blue

Verse 2:
I’m not ashamed of all my mistakes
Cause through the cold, I still kept the fire burning
These memories that I can’t erase
Always remind me I’m on an endless journey

Pre-Chorus:
But I’m still here holding on so tight
To everything I left behind
I don’t care if the world is mine
Cause this is all I know

Chorus:
When I got my back up against the wall
Don’t need no one to rescue me
Cause I ain’t waiting up for no miracle
Yeah, tonight I’m running free
Into the blue, into the blue
With nothing to lose, into the blue

Bridge:
I’ll go where nobody knows
Wherever the wind is blowing
Even if I’m alone

Chorus:
When I got my back up against the wall
Don’t need no one to rescue me
Cause I ain’t waiting up for no miracle
Yeah, tonight I’m running free
Into the blue, into the blue
With nothing to lose, into the blue